ATHENS BANK ROBBER INDICTED

BIRMINGHAM, AL - GARY DEWIGHT BRYANT, 51, of New Braunfels, Texas, has been indicted for the November 22, 2006, robbery of Regions Bank in Limestone County, using a firearm in furtherance of a bank robbery crime and criminal forfeiture of $2,056 derived proceeds of the robbery. 

“Bryant is current in police custody on unrelated charges in Comal County, Texas, stated U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin.  “If convicted he faces 25 years in prison for this bank robbery, and not less than 7 years in prison for using a firearm in furtherance of the violent crime.” 

The investigation of this matter was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement and law enforcement in Texas.  Assistant United States Attorney Angela Redmond Debro is prosecuting this matter on behalf of the U.S. Government.

Members of the public are reminded that an indictment contains only charges.  A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.